Some estimates even say that we are losing 137 plant species every single day due to deforestation, species that could potentially be the cure for many of the terrible diseases we are unfortunately forced to confront.

Millions of gallons of mining waste burst from an inland iron ore mine a month ago. 300 miles of the Rio Doce stretching to the Atlantic Ocean has turned a Martian shade of bright orange. It poses deadly consequences for all things.

Yesterday's decision by IBAMA effectively paralyzes the mega-project as a result of its egregious legal violations, while sparing the region and the city of Altamira devastating flooding, at least for now. Please sign to keep up the block!

Larger populations and growing economies demand more water and in some places climate change will likely reduce available water supply. Drought risk is high and growing worldwide. Businesses, govts and all water managers must make intelligent decisions.

This is a series of short films about people around the world that are standing up and taking back their lives and protecting their environments. The films also show what needs to be done. Scroll to the bottom for additional short films.

Activists and local residents have brought legal action aimed at blocking the construction of a nearly 50 sq km port terminal in the Northeast Brazilian state of Bahia because of the huge environmental and social impacts it will have.

Brazilian indigenous peoples are currently locked in a fight for survival: Big Business is pushing to scrap the constitutional protection of their ancestral territories and clear even more rainforest for soy monoculture, cattle, hydropower and mining.

When Brazil announced plans September 12 to build a new dam on the Tapajós River, they violated their own legal requirements to comply with a process of free, prior, and informed consultation with threatened indigenous and traditional communities.
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With the world's largest environmental summit being hosted in Brazil in just a few weeks, she can't afford to look the world in the eyes as the leader who approved the slashing of environmental protections and rainforest destruction